General Information The Republic of Türkiye officially recognized independence of the Republic of Armenia on  December 24, 1991. Diplomatic relations, however, have not been established. Türkiye unilaterally closed its air and land borders with Armenia in 1993, thereafter reopened its air border in 1995. Armenia and Türkiye made several attempts to normalize bilateral relati

General information Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Cyprus were established on 18 March 1992. On May 2, 2025, H.E. Ms. Inna Torgomyan, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Republic of Cyprus (residence in Nicosia) presented his credentials to H.E. Mr. Nikos Christodoulides, President of the Republic of Cyprus.

General information Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Croatia were established on July 8, 1994. On November 20, 2019 Ashot Hovakimyan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Republic of Croatia (residence in Prague) presented his credentials to the President of the Republic of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović. On Nov

General information Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Russian Federation were established on April 3, 1992. The Republic of Armenia and the Russian Federation have close allied relations marked by frequent bilateral visits at the high and the highest levels. Armenian-Russian strategic cooperation covers all directions of the bilateral cooperation agenda, including mili

RENEWAL OR OBTAINING OF PASSPORT FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR A MINOR UNDER THE AGE OF 16  A passport of a citizen of the Republic of Armenia is issued to citizens under the age of 16 upon request, based on the application submitted by one parent or a legal representative in person. Passports are issued for a 3-year validity period to minors under the age of 6, for a 5-year validity period to mino

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According to the Government Decree of the Republic of Armenia № 1604-N of September 22, 2023, the Migration and Citizenship Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia from 1st January 2024 will start issuing ordinary (non-biometric) passports without an endorsement stating the validity of the passport for foreign countries. ---------------------------------------------

The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was established on December 8, 1991 by the leaders of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, who signed the Agreement on Establishment of the CIS. On December 21, 1991, the heads of 11 sovereign states signed the Protocol to the Agreement, in accordance with which they formed the Commonwealth of Independent States on equal bases. In 1993 Georgia became the CIS m

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a permanent intergovernmental international organization, the establishment of which was announced by the members of “the Shanghai Five” and Uzbekistan on July 15, 2016 in Shanghai. The mechanism of “the Shanghai Five” was established as a result of signing of the agreements on strengthening trust in the military sphe

General information on UNESCO The official website of UNESCO: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/member-states/ The page about Armenia on the Organization’s official website:    http://en.unesco.org/countries/armenia. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (referred to as UNESCO) is one of the 15 specialized agencies of the United Nations. On 16 No